by Yukimituki·VFX
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It sits at rank 286 in the Blender extensions library, with more than 14,000 downloads and a 5.0 rating across four reviews. It stands out for building camera-projection setups directly as shader node groups.
ProjectionNode from Camera builds a node group that projects an image onto geometry according to how it appears in a camera's background. Its panel sits in the node tab of the shader editor's sidebar, where you pick a camera from a pulldown and choose one of the images set as that camera's background. If the chosen camera has no background image, the background items stay hidden.
Pressing the Make CameraProjection Nodes button creates a node group named after the camera and image, such as [camera name]_[image name]_Projection. You add it to the material shown in the shader editor, or bring it into another material through the group items in the Add menu, then wire its color output into a shader's color input to project the image. Images with alpha output the color from the color input or a combination of the two. A limit angle lets the color input take over when the angle between the camera and the projected surface grows larger than the set limit, and the blur setting turns that boundary into a gradation.
It works with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer and is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.
ProjectionNode from Camera is best for blender artists setting up camera projection from an image placed in a camera's background.
ProjectionNode from Camera is completely free to download and use.
ProjectionNode from Camera is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, so any version from 4.2 onward should run it. The add-on is version 1.3.0 and was last updated on March 31st, 2024. It works within the shader editor, adding its panel to the node tab of the sidebar. If you're on a Blender release older than 4.2 LTS, you'd need to check whether it loads, since 4.2 LTS is the stated minimum. For the most current compatibility details, the developer's page on the Blender extensions site is the place to confirm.
ProjectionNode from Camera is listed as free here and is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later. That license covers how you can use, modify and redistribute the add-on. Because licensing terms can change over time, it's worth confirming the current status on the developer's page before relying on it for commercial work. As a small add-on focused on camera projection nodes, it's straightforward to try, and the license places it within Blender's open-source ecosystem.
ProjectionNode from Camera can be added by dragging and dropping the add-on into Blender, or by downloading it and installing it from disk. Once enabled, its panel appears in the node tab of the sidebar above the shader editor. From there you select a camera from the pulldown, choose the background image you want, and press the Make CameraProjection Nodes button to generate the node group. The add-on is small in size, so installation is quick.
ProjectionNode from Camera includes a limit angle: when the angle between the camera and the projected surface is larger than the specified limit, the node group uses the color input value instead. The blur setting turns the boundary between those angle restrictions into a gradation, so the change happens gradually rather than at a hard edge. These controls are part of the node group created by the add-on, and take effect once its color output is connected to a shader's color input.
ProjectionNode from Camera relies on the image set in a camera's background, so if the specified camera has no background image, the items under Background won't be displayed in the panel. You'd first set a background image on the camera, then select it from the dropdown before generating the projection node group. When you connect the resulting node group's color output to a shader's color input, the image projects from the camera as chosen.
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